Manama : The Ministry of Interior announced that the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science has arrested five individuals and identified a sixth, a fugitive abroad, for their involvement in collecting and passing sensitive and precise information to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) through terrorist elements based in Iran, as well as recruiting terrorist operatives to take part in carrying out terrorist plots against Bahrain.
These acts were intended to undermine the state’s sovereignty, target security authorities and economic entities, spread fear and panic among citizens and residents, and risk the country’s security and safety.
The arrestees are:
Abbas Abdullah Habib (39)
Yousif Ahmed Mansoor Sarhan (25)
Mohammed Fadhel Hameed (39)
Sahlan Abdulredha Ali (27)
Mohammed Hadi Hassan (37)
Ahmed Yousif Jassim Sarhan (37, fugitive abroad)
According to the confession of the first suspect, whose criminal record indicates his involvement in terrorist crimes during previous years, he had received intensive training at IRGC camps in trafficking persons and recruiting operatives to participate in implementing terrorist plots.
He and the other suspects also photographed and recorded coordinates of several vital locations, as well as certain hotels in Bahrain, and sent those images and coordinates to the IRGC, which assisted in the targeting of those sites during the Iranian aggression. Legal proceedings were taken, and the five arrestees were referred to the Public Prosecution.
